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Game Preview: DET @ MIN, 8:10pm, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 @Target Field

Tigers, 16-11, 16-112nd, 1½ GB, 2 GB in WC

SP: Dontrelle Willis (28, LHP, 1-1, 3.75)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			24.0	25	10	10	12	15	2	3.75
2009 (1-4)			33.2	37	28	28	28	17	4	7.49
2008 (0-2)			24.0	18	25	25	35	18	4	9.38

Last 7 GS		1-3	34.0	35	22	22	27	22	3	5.82	44
2010-04-29	MIN	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	101	68
2010-04-19	@LAA	L	6.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	91	56
2010-04-13	KCR	ND	5.0	9	4	4	3	3	2	104	33
2010-04-08	@KCR	ND	6.0	7	2	2	2	4	0	88	52
2009-06-14	@PIT	L	3.2	6	6	6	8	1	0	88	18
2009-06-09	@CHW	ND	5.0	5	3	3	5	3	1	105	43
2009-06-04	BOS	L	2.1	0	5	5	5	3	0	53	35

Last 5 v.MIN		1-0	10.2	12	4	4	4	6	1	3.38	49
2010-04-29	MIN	W	6.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	101	68
2009-05-13	@MIN	ND	4.2	8	4	4	2	0	1	87	30

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    9-3    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:  12-8    vsLHP:   4-3    1-Run:   5-3 
 vsEast:  0-0    vsCntrl: 8-5    vsWest:  8-6  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Mon, May  3  @MIN  L   4-10      16-11  2nd  1.5 gb
 26 Sun, May  2   LAA  W   5-1       16-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 25 Sat, May  1   LAA  W   3-2       15-10  2nd  0.5 gb
 24 Fri, Apr 30   LAA  W  10-6       14-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 23 Thu, Apr 29   MIN  W   3-0       13-10  2nd  1.5 gb
 22 Wed, Apr 28   MIN  W  11-6       12-10  2nd  2.5 gb
 21 Tue, Apr 27   MIN  L   0-2       11-10  2nd  3.5 gb
 20 Mon, Apr 26  @TEX  W   8-6       11-9   2nd  2.5 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 25  @TEX  L   4-8       10-9   2nd  3.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 24  @TEX  W   8-4       10-8   2nd  3.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-11

Twins, 17-9, 17-91st, 1½ up

SP: Nick Blackburn (28, RHP, 1-1, 6.85)

2010 Gamelogs / 2010 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2010 (1-1)			23.2	33	19	18	8	7	6	6.85
2009 (11-11)			205.2	240	103	92	41	98	25	4.03
2008 (11-11)			193.1	224	102	87	39	96	23	4.05

Last 7 GS		2-1	44.2	51	22	21	9	22	7	4.23	48
2010-04-24	@KCR	ND	4.1	10	6	5	2	0	0	75	19
2010-04-17	KCR	ND	5.0	7	5	5	1	3	2	73	35
2010-04-11	@CHW	L	7.2	8	5	5	1	0	3	98	42
2010-04-06	@LAA	W	6.2	8	3	3	4	4	1	103	46
2009-10-03	KCR	ND	7.0	4	2	2	0	5	1	88	66
2009-09-29	@DET	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	111	64
2009-09-21	@CHW	W	7.0	8	0	0	0	6	0	101	67

Last 5 v.DET		2-2	33.1	29	15	10	8	19	4	2.70	56
2009-09-29	@DET	ND	7.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	111	64
2009-07-05	DET	W	9.0	7	2	1	1	6	1	109	72
2009-05-05	@DET	L	3.1	8	9	6	3	1	2	77	12
2008-07-13	@DET	L	7.0	5	3	2	2	4	1	108	59
2008-07-02	DET	W	7.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	104	74

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:    7-3    Road:   10-6    ExtrInn: 2-1 
 vsRHP:  12-7    vsLHP:   5-2    1-Run:   3-3 
 vsEast:  2-1    vsCntrl:12-7    vsWest:  3-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Mon, May  3   DET  W  10-4       17-9   1st  1.5 up
 25 Sun, May  2  @CLE  W   8-3       16-9   1st  0.5 up
 24 Sat, May  1  @CLE  L   4-5 (11)  15-9   1st  0.5 up
 23 Fri, Apr 30  @CLE  W   9-3       15-8   1st  1.5 up
 22 Thu, Apr 29  @DET  L   0-3       14-8   1st  1.5 up
 21 Wed, Apr 28  @DET  L   6-11      14-7   1st  2.5 up
 20 Tue, Apr 27  @DET  W   2-0       14-6   1st  3.5 up
 19 Sun, Apr 25  @KCR  L   3-4       13-6   1st  3.0 up
 18 Sat, Apr 24  @KCR  W   9-7 (12)  13-5   1st  3.0 up
 17 Fri, Apr 23  @KCR  W   8-3       12-5   1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-9

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, May 03, 2010 MIN 10  DET  4        W:Scott Baker (3-2), L: Max Scherzer (1-2), S: none
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 DET  3  MIN  0        W:Dontrelle Willis (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (3-2), S: Jose Valverde (7)
Wed, Apr 28, 2010 DET 11  MIN  6        W:Brad Thomas (1-0), L: Ron Mahay (0-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 27, 2010 MIN  2 @DET  0        W:Francisco Liriano (3-0), L: Justin Verlander (1-2), S: Jon Rauch (7)

Tue, Oct 06, 2009 MIN  6  DET  5 (12)   W:Bobby Keppel (1-1), L: Fernando Rodney (2-5), S: none
Thu, Oct 01, 2009 MIN  8 @DET  3        W:Scott Baker (15-9), L: Nate Robertson (2-3), S: none
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 DET  7  MIN  2        W:Eddie Bonine (1-1), L: Carl Pavano (13-12), S: none
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 DET  6  MIN  5        W:Justin Verlander (18-9), L: Brian Duensing (5-2), S: Fernando Rodney (36)
Tue, Sep 29, 2009 MIN  3 @DET  2 (10)   W:Jon Rauch (6-3), L: Brandon Lyon (6-5), S: Joe Nathan (45)
Sun, Sep 20, 2009 DET  6 @MIN  2        W:Nate Robertson (2-2), L: Scott Baker (13-9), S: none
Season Series: 2010 - Tied 2-2; 2009 - MIN won 12-7; 2008 - MIN won 11-7; All-Time - DET leads 1034-960

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2010 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

ARI 5.88

SDP 4.50

HOU 2.92

RA/G

SFG 2.92

FLA 4.56

PIT 7.00

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

L. Hernandez .87

B. Myers 3.82

E. Jackson 8.07

K/9IP

J. Sanchez 11.48

K. Davies 6.74

R. Rowland-Smith 2.79

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Tigers Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Twins Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Blackburn
G/S/vB 55.Condrey
G/S/vB 28.Crain
G/S/vB 54.Guerrier
G/S/vB 47.Liriano*
G/S/vB 50.Mijares*
G/S/vB 17.Neshek
G/S/vB 60.Rauch
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

13.Avila* G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 42/40 .143/.286/.200/.486 .500/.481 .359 42/.486 0/0 0/2

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 16/1.105 6/.167 7/.714 14/.547 13/1.135 4/.000 2/5.000 13/.930 121/96 .349/.430/.594/1.024 .965/1.040 1.203 116/1.020 1/2 5/4

18.Damon* G/S/vP 12/.969 1/2.000 7/1.286 6/1.167 6/.733 1/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 116/89 .316/.414/.469/.883 1.003/.847 .867 111/.877 1/0 1/0

4.Everett G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 4/.000 1/2.000 9/.347 2/.500 ··· 4/.000 44/31 .171/.205/.220/.424 .508/.387 .477 42/.396 1/1 0/0

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 14/.500 ··· 19/.754 16/.833 13/.616 ··· 7/.715 3/1.167 69/55 .311/.391/.443/.834 .701/.862 .855 64/.837 1/1 1/1

15.Inge G/S/vP 14/.643 ··· 26/1.014 21/.248 24/.512 1/.000 6/.000 5/.000 113/90 .255/.319/.451/.770 .737/.778 .707 109/.770 0/0 3/0

14.Jackson G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 124/96 .377/.427/.526/.954 .368/1.126 .962 119/.969 5/1 1/1

32.Kelly* G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 26/26 .200/.231/.320/.551 /.551 .557 26/.551 0/0 1/1

8.Laird G/S/vP 15/.650 ··· 5/.400 7/.429 11/.586 2/.000 1/.000 4/1.334 71/49 .145/.243/.258/.501 .483/.508 .424 67/.533 1/0 1/1

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 10/.800 ··· 17/.544 17/.764 25/1.068 1/.000 10/.100 3/.000 117/93 .283/.385/.465/.849 .861/.845 .845 112/.841 1/0 4/1

25.Raburn G/S/vP 2/2.000 ··· 4/2.000 5/.200 10/.856 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 51/34 .227/.333/.386/.720 .857/.639 .575 51/.720 0/0 0/3

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 12/.583 ··· 6/1.000 6/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 4/.000 61/51 .302/.393/.321/.714 .200/.823 .807 59/.704 1/0 0/2

20.Sizemore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· 82/65 .265/.346/.368/.714 .646/.732 .560 78/.736 0/0 1/4

IP 23.2 12.1 13.1 36.0 3.0 4.1 11.0 TOTAL .280/.360/.431/.791 .698/.815 .786 .793 12/5 19/30

ERA-K/9

6.85/2.7

/0.0

5.84/7.3

2.03/3.4

1.50/9.0

6.00/6.0

4.15/8.4

1.64/6.5

3.67/6.9

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Avila (3-5-0)
Laird (14-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 107/.347 / 53/.280 52/.217 139/.206 16/.462 18/.133 44/.244 .266 Ordonez
Jackson
Damon
Raburn
Kelly
Guillen 0/0/24/4
0/26/0/2
13/0/0/2
6/1/5/1
14/0/1/0
4/0/0/0

OPS 1.058 .801 .528 .550 1.456 .478 .572 .734

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 51/.965 / 21/1.013 24/.708 30/.233 5/1.833 4/.000 21/.536 .690

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 56/1.139 / 32/.668 28/.374 109/.643 11/1.345 14/.630 23/.606 .767

Home 21/1.181 / 16/1.357 13/.245 57/.472 5/1.100 7/.143 11/.311

Last 28d days 77/1.133 / 48/.887 49/.562 139/.550 11/.875 14/.468 41/.616

HR/SB/CS 6/0/1 // 1/1/0 0/0/1 0/1/1 2/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/1 19/10/8

Usage ········ ·ooo·X·· ··Xo···· ·X····X· ········ ·····o·· ·X····X·

Twins Batters (5.38 RS/G) vs. Tigers Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 21.Willis*
G/S/vB 38.Bonderman
G/S/vB 40.Coke*
G/S/vB 59.Ni*
G/S/vB 45.Perry
G/S/vB 36.Thomas*
G/S/vB 46.Valverde
G/S/vB 54.Zumaya
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

41.Butera G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 14/8 .077/.077/.077/.154 .000/.286 .667 14/.154 0/0 0/1

12.Casilla# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 9/7 .222/.222/.222/.444 1.000/.286 .000 9/.444 0/0 0/0

5.Cuddyer G/S/vP 6/.750 31/.907 3/.333 2/.000 7/.286 2/.000 2/.000 13/.385 119/83 .308/.353/.486/.839 1.042/.752 1.109 111/.803 2/0 4/0

27.Hardy G/S/vP 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/1.500 7/.286 ··· 104/81 .240/.291/.375/.666 .608/.682 .551 96/.647 0/0 3/0

23.Harris G/S/vP 13/.762 5/1.150 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 55/41 .200/.327/.311/.638 .368/.741 .600 54/.652 0/0 1/0

1.Hudson# G/S/vP 13/1.000 12/.258 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.417 ··· 122/82 .306/.380/.407/.788 .736/.811 .830 113/.813 2/0 2/1

16.Kubel* G/S/vP 4/.250 16/.767 5/.400 5/.200 2/1.500 2/.000 ··· 6/1.133 96/70 .203/.344/.304/.648 .634/.648 .536 88/.665 0/0 2/1

7.Mauer* G/S/vP 4/1.250 31/1.049 5/2.400 5/.400 4/1.417 1/.000 4/.000 12/.350 96/65 .345/.406/.500/.906 1.112/.814 .793 88/.907 0/0 1/0

33.Morneau* G/S/vP 4/1.750 31/.623 5/1.000 2/.000 2/2.000 2/1.000 1/.000 12/1.500 112/72 .356/.482/.656/1.138 1.047/1.193 .997 104/1.102 0/0 6/0

8.Punto# G/S/vP ··· 20/.721 ··· 2/2.000 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/.400 41/25 .250/.275/.361/.636 .174/.729 .938 35/.700 2/0 0/0

2.Span* G/S/vP 6/.167 4/1.000 1/.000 3/1.000 5/.800 3/.666 1/no AB 4/1.000 127/91 .250/.368/.356/.724 .789/.697 1.036 117/.762 6/1 1/1

25.Thome* G/S/vP 34/.402 24/1.137 4/.500 1/2.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/1.666 7/.453 65/49 .264/.400/.604/1.004 .741/1.095 .733 64/1.022 0/0 5/0

21.Young G/S/vP 10/.700 10/1.056 1/.000 2/2.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 4/.500 79/54 .261/.329/.449/.778 .760/.784 .502 71/.727 2/1 3/1

IP 24.0 26.2 14.0 11.2 11.0 16.2 12.2 14.2 TOTAL .279/.365/.442/.807 .815/.804 .807 .808 14/3 29/9

ERA-K/9

3.75/5.6

5.74/7.1

1.93/7.1

1.54/11.5

2.45/8.2

5.40/3.2

0.71/4.3

1.23/9.8

4.29/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butera (2-3-0)
Mauer (7-5-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 105/.272 116/.276 61/.275 54/.167 47/.250 80/.328 46/.146 55/.218 .271 Span
Cuddyer
Young
Kubel 0/26/0/2
0/1/24/2
20/0/0/1
9/0/3/1

OPS .731 .721 .661 .530 .744 .795 .483 .491 .736

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 37/.637 62/.885 29/.561 21/.452 15/.906 29/.713 29/.476 23/.652 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 68/.782 54/.539 32/.752 33/.583 32/.683 51/.845 17/.494 32/.375 .716

Road 55/.662 74/.773 31/.630 26/.567 22/.693 49/.892 28/.570 34/.500

Last 28d days 105/.731 116/.721 58/.622 54/.530 43/.828 80/.795 41/.514 51/.490

HR/SB/CS 2/2/1 2/4/2 0/1/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/3/0 20/17/11

Usage ····X··· ··X····X ···X·X·X ··o···X· ··oX··o· X····X·· ·o·ooo·o ····X··o

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.